The captain of a cargo ship arrested after a collision with a tanker in the North Sea is a Russian national, the ship’s owner has told the Reuters news agency.
Humberside Police said the 59-year-old man remained in custody after being arrested on suspicion of gross negligence manslaughter on Tuesday.
The Portuguese-flagged Solong and the US-registered tanker Stena Immaculate crashed off the East Yorkshire coast at about 10:00 GMT on Monday.
A missing crew member from the cargo ship is presumed dead after a search and rescue operation was called off late on Monday.
Police said they had begun a criminal investigation into the cause of the collision and was working with the Maritime and Coastguard Agency.
HM Coastguard said 36 people had been rescued and taken safely to shore.
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